Ariel Sharon in photos

A selection of photos of former Israeli general and prime minister Ariel Sharon, who died on Saturday at the age of 85.

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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (L) and Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a meeting in Jerusalem in this January 16, 2005 file photo. Ariel Sharon passed away on January 11, 2014 at the age of 85. REUTERS/Lefteris Pitarakis/Pool/Files

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Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon attends a session of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem in this November 23, 2005 file photo. Ariel Sharon passed away on January 11, 2014 at the age of 85. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Files

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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaks to the media during a news conference in Tel Aviv in this December 1, 2005 file photo. Ariel Sharon passed away on January 11, 2014 at the age of 85. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen/Files

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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (L) and Finance Minister Ehud Olmert attend a ceremony completing the sale of Bank Leumi to a private U.S. investment group in his office in Jerusalem in this January 4, 2006 file picture. Sharon, the former Israeli general and prime minister who was in a coma for eight years after he had a stroke at the height of his power, died on January 11, 2014 aged 85, Israeli Army radio said, quoting a relative of his family. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte/Files

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Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (R) meet for talks on the international peace "roadmap" after both sides took significant first steps in Jerusalem in this July 1, 2003 file photo. Ariel Sharon has passed away on January 11, 2014 at the age of 85. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic/Files

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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (R) and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres attend a ceremony on the border with Jordan near the Israeli port city of Eilat in this February 28, 2002 file photo, where a checkpoint was named after murdered Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Ariel Sharon has passed away on January 11, 2014 at the age of 85. REUTERS/Nir Elias/Files

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Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon (R) in a helicopter as he escorts Texas Governor George Bush (L) and Governor Mike Leavitt of Utah on a tour over Israel and the West Bank territories in this December 1, 1998 file photo. Ariel Sharon has passed away on January 11, 2014 at the age of 85. REUTERS/Ranan Gissim/Files

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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon attends a memorial ceremony at the "Wall of Names" in this October 3, 2002 file photo at the Israeli army's Armored Corps' Memorial at Latrun, Israel. Ariel Sharon has passed away on January 11, 2014 at the age of 85. REUTERS/David Silverman/Pool/Files

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Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (L), U.S. President George W. Bush (2nd L), Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (2nd R) and Jordan's King Abdullah II (R) walk to the podium for their final statement at the end of The Red Sea summit in Aqaba in this June 4, 2003 file photo. Ariel Sharon has passed away on January 11, 2014 at the age of 85. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji/Files (JORDAN - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS)

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Palestinian negotiator Mahmoud Abbas (L) and Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon turn to the cameras and smile as they shake hands at the start of their meeting in Sharon's office in Jerusalem in this file picture taken November 18, 1998. Sharon, the former Israeli general and prime minister who was in a coma for eight years after he had a stroke at the height of his power, died on January 11, 2014 aged 85, Israeli Army radio said, quoting a relative of his family. REUTERS/Files

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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon smiles as he speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office in this January 2, 2005 file photo. Ariel Sharon has passed away on January 11, 2014 at the age of 85. REUTERS/Kevin Frayer/Pool/Files

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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gestures at the end of his Likud Party's women conference in Tel Aviv in this March 10, 2005 file photo. Ariel Sharon has passed away on January 11, 2014 at the age of 85. REUTERS/Nir Elias/Files